tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59532998259132934002024-03-18T19:54:07.114-07:00Daily Devotion GuideAnn Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-25505301261388961062018-12-05T10:07:00.002-08:002020-06-10T10:05:11.807-07:00Christmas Lights<br />
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and wonder. What will this day contain? What blessings await to be uncovered.
As I discover all that is concealed in this day may I be faithful and open to
see all the miraculous workings of your hand upon my life and in the world
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of life, the season of anticipation and grace. Lead me to see and be your love
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk508100440;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Readings for Reflection<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></div>
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like the </span></i></span><a href="https://www.upperroom.org/devotionals"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk508100440;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Upper Room</span></i></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk508100440;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;"> or any devotionals you prefer<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk508100440;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">I have a special memory of spending time with my Dad at Christmas time.
We would just sit in the darkened room and look at our decorated Christmas
tree. As a child it held so much magic and anticipation to the coming of Santa
and Christmas morning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk508100440;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">As an adult the contemplation has changed to wonder of God’s love. His
gift of grace is so much more than toys, computers, and clothes. His gift is
life, peace, and joy. Phones get exchanged, toys break, and clothes wear and
fade. But the gift of God in Christ is renewed every Christmas. The unfailing
wonder of grace given to the darkened heart. The gift to live in the light of God’s
loving promise of glorious life now and forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ann<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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may also like Lectio Divina (audio Lectio) a focused reading and meditation of
scripture.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">* Find your quiet center, empty
your mind, and be present to hear the voice of God. Color, write in a journal,
listen to music, use prayer beads to help your focus. Concentrate upon what God
is calling you to understand, change, make, explore<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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throughout the day. Embrace the breath of prayer, release your burdens, be
thankful. Recall today’s readings, the Visio Divina and meditate upon them and
how they are affecting your day <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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of grace I take this time to pray. I pause to regain my center. I stop to focus
on the gift of love given through your life. I pause to remember the wonder of
your power and the immensity of God’s grace given through you. May I serve you
in wonder and love as I cradle you in my heart. Amen</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk508100440;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk528846131;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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grow in faith and understanding of God, ourselves, and others it helps to
evaluate ourselves, hold ourselves accountable, challenge ourselves. In your
personal growth in faith and Christian action evaluate how you lived in love of
God, others, and self today.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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the day comes to an end. I think of all my failings to share your love through
my life today. I confess my selfish moments and decisions. I seek your
forgiveness and love to bathe me clean before sleep turns night into morning.
Cradle me in your love and sing to my soul that I may have the dreams of beauty
and sweetness that inspire a deeper love for you. Set within me the trust and
hope I need to live in love and wonder as the new day begins. Amen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-32515036613542605352018-11-28T12:50:00.004-08:002018-11-28T12:50:59.019-08:00Stand Up<br />
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begins. Clear the dark from my thoughts and soul so that I view this moment in your
grace. Lead me to grow in your love as Christ takes my hand and we walk through
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loving strong in your word and Spirit that I may witness to my faith in words,
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Angels are very much a part of the Christmas tradition. In scripture angels
begin by saying “fear not”. And every time the people hit the deck with their
faces to the ground. This can be understood as respect and worship, or terror.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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desire to prevail in safety. Through prayer finding strength to withstand
calamities. Jesus warns of being distracted and overcome by worries. Turning to
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<br />Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-84374187172104112682018-11-01T12:54:00.000-07:002018-11-01T12:55:25.074-07:00Sparks in the Stubble<br />
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the gift of grace. Surrounded by your love upheld in Spirit I am in trembling
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Books not included in Hebrew scripture, but found in the Greek Septuagint. The
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close for another year we gather to remember the saints. All the people we have
seen enter glory and freedom in the arms of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our reading talks about the eternal spirit
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the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks
among the stubble”(Solomon 3:7). This metaphor brings to mind the sparks of
fire leaping and jumping from one blade of straw to another. The abandon and
freedom of each spark finding purchase and life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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soften over time as the pain of loss fades. The tear watered seeds that grow and
mature to dry into the stubble of life’s harvest. Just when a new normal comes
the spark finds the blade. And a new fire of mourning pain sears the heart. In
some way it is good. We grow in faith with every spark, to remember the hope
that remains and that we too will be remembered. But more importantly we will
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gray. The leaves of spring are now yellow of fall and sail through the air like
snow. The ground is littered in color and crunchy steps. The earth is preparing
to sleep. Forgive me my failures and faults. Open my heart to your grace. Lead
me in sleep to beautiful lands and loves that inspire my life to live boldly in
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<span class="MsoHyperlink">Sometimes there are no words. Sometimes grief and sorrow are so overwhelming there is nothing to say. We live at a time when it seems everybody is shouting and nobody is listening. Real listening requires an emptying, a surrender, patience, sight, and soul. When we really listen we stop thinking about what we will say next, what our thoughts are and changing the subject. Listening is a surrender to the other. To listen well we need patience and an ability to observe the other. What does their body, their expressions reveal about what they are saying. Most of all real listening is a companioning with another. It requires opening our hearts to hear and know another’s pain, fear, loss, and disappointments. Real love is often spoken without words. It is expressed by being there. Ann<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lord of breath, of my beating heart, I seek your peace. Take me from the demands of this day, let me rest in your presence and regain my focus upon you, your love upon me, your love within me, your love to share. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Weariness grows upon the world. The sun is setting to journey beyond our sky and the drapes of gray and deepest blue punctuate the flames of stars far away. Bring me closer to you. Enflame my life and heart to glow in your light. Set the days regrets beyond my heart, vanquished by your grace. Cloak me in your Spirit of love that I may rest and sleep Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Father this morning begins with tears of remembrance. A shadow of loss crossing my thoughts. Yet in your grace I know life, love, and hope. I embrace the eternal joy of promise and light of grace. I pray your grace of peace comforts all who begin their day in gloom or sorrow. May your word bring color to my heart and the day ahead. I pray in wonder and awe to the one of life-giving sacrifice, and your power to transform the world. In the love of Christ and Holy Spirit I pray, Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Use an additional resource like the </span></i><a href="https://www.upperroom.org/devotionals"><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Upper Room</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;"> or any devotionals you prefer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink">We often hear the people quote “God won’t give us anything we can’t handle”. But he absolutely does. We all face devastating events and situations in our lives. Death, starvation, genocide, floods, and droughts surround us and prey upon us.We encounter financial problems, addictions, illness, doubts, oppression, and violence. I would argue that God doesn’t punish and choose us individually to suffer. But in our suffering, in our inadequacies we will come to a point, the darkest bottom, when we cannot handle things. It is here we have no where else to turn. It is in God that we find hope. We find hope knowing that Christ knew and experienced every test. In our inability to handle things we understand humility, need, mercy, and compassion. We become greater than we have been and grow in faith and love. We find in our need that God provides others to help us through the muck and dispair. In the test of life the overwhelming answer is always choosing C and G to overcome with faith, Spirit, and grace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/alivenow/sets/audio-lectio-year-b-2017-2018"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Audio Lectio</span></a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://oneyearbibleonline.com/october-chrono/?version=51&startmmdd=0101"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Chronological Bible</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lord of my day, grace of life and soul, I pause to encounter you. I come to remember your presence and power in my life and in the world. Correct my path where it has strayed. Embolden my heart with love and patience, strength, and hope. Amen <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>To grow in faith and understanding of God, ourselves, and others it helps to evaluate ourselves, hold ourselves accountable, challenge ourselves. In your personal growth in faith and Christian action evaluate how you lived in love of God, others, and self today.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Fading light and cooling breeze bring rise to the sounds of night. Cricket songs, corn whispers, and the bark of dogs travel upon the air. The light of home and hearth glow in the distance blurred by gossamer cloths of privacy. Lord of the precious night and golden dreams bring rest to my mind and heart. Set within my soul the serenity of your grace and the hope that comes in the dawning. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-3518080436577153902018-10-09T08:46:00.002-07:002018-10-11T12:21:29.295-07:00The Magic Slate<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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I awake to the morning with all the possibilities it contains. I seek you Lord in my possibilities and choices. Guide me in my prayers to hear you, trust in you, love you. Help me to understand your Word for my day and how to grow in love. Calm my heart, heal my soul, reveal your love. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Use an additional resource like the </span></i><a href="https://www.upperroom.org/devotionals"><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Upper Room</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;"> or any devotionals you prefer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Do you remember those wax boards covered in a wax paper? You could draw and write on them and then lift the paper to remove your mistakes. I was surprised that it is hard to find them. A good one on the cheap anyway. This type of writing pad has been around for thousands of years. the writing was done in Clay or wax with a stylus and then smoothed when lessons were over. Now we have magnetic ones and electronic ones. But there was something “magical” about the magic slate. There was something satisfying about lifting that paper and hearing the release from the wax and having a clean slate. The kids today have scratch-off boards. we used to make those too. We would color a paper with crayons and paint it black. Then scratch the paint a way to reveal the colors underneath. Both these toys remind me of the grace and love of God known through Jesus. It is Christ that can remove any stain, clear the slate, and scratch off the darkness to reveal our colors. Ann<o:p></o:p></div>
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Father of rustling corn and gray skies, creator of autumn color and bountiful harvest guide me as I leave this time of special presence. Set me on a path of love and sacrifice choosing you and love before all other things. Let me always err on the side of grace and love. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Father of time, strength, will, and purpose, I pause to rest in your presence. I abide in prayer to know your love and power and to be reset on the possibilities for this day. Bring to my heart my promises to love and serve and embolden my words and actions to live that promise. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>To grow in faith and understanding of God, ourselves, and others it helps to evaluate ourselves, hold ourselves accountable, challenge ourselves. In your personal growth in faith and Christian action evaluate how you lived in love of God, others, and self today.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Evening love falls upon the earth as a flannel blanket darkens the day to dusky night. The day past rest upon me in weariness to sleep. I think of all the day contained and contemplate where I was love and where I was not. Forgive my lapses and think only of those moments I was in your grace. I pray the sleep you provide brings beauty and strength that peace may begin my day as the rise of grace lights the world. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-22789902496292069362018-09-27T11:28:00.000-07:002018-10-11T12:12:55.414-07:00Salted With Fire<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Lord I arise into this day of your making and am blessed with all that surrounds me. I enter into this time of prayer and Word with reservation and excitement. What will I learn, what will you ask of me today? Teach me, guide me, restore me, that I may be and do what you need of me today. Open my eyes and heart to know you and see you and those I must encounter. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">is a meditative/prayer practice that opens the heart and soul to connect with God through images</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Use an additional resource like the </span></i><a href="https://www.upperroom.org/devotionals"><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Upper Room</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;"> or any devotionals you prefer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 14pt;">Salted with Fire<b> </b></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/niv/mark/9.htm"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Mark 9:38-50</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Salt and fire get a great deal of attention in the Bible. Fire is symbolic of the presence of God, the Holy Spirit, and refinement or discipline. Salt represents our character, the Holy Spirit/grace, preservation, hospitality, and our unending covenant with God.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It seems that scholars do not all agree on the meaning of “everyone will be salted with fire”(Mark 9:49). Some believe it is a warning of punishment and others a statement of grace. And still, others contest it means both. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have reservations about being pelted with fire. It seems an unpleasant undertaking, so Jesus must be using a metaphor to explain God’ actions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We all need refinement through the fire that cleanses and removes the dross from our souls. It is even better to be salted and seasoned with grace so as to continue in our refinement through Christ’s sacrifice and faith. Whether I need to be seasoned with the fire of discipline or warmed in the fires of the Holy Spirit, I know it is all of God’s love and hope. Ann<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://oneyearbibleonline.com/october-chrono/?version=51&startmmdd=0101"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Chronological Bible</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://oneyearbibleonline.com/october-oyb/?version=51&startmmdd=0101">One Year Bible</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Divine presence, you refresh and strengthen my soul. You inspire my heart and my life to serve you by helping others. Guide me in your grace and love to live and grow in faith and service today. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Set a reminder to pray throughout the day. Embrace the breath of prayer, release your burdens, be thankful. Recall today’s readings, the Visio Divina and meditate upon them and how they are affecting your day <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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God of peace, I pause and take in all that is around me. With eyes closed I hear the beauty of your world. The birds are singing, and the breeze is whispering through the corn. Crows cry from far away and I hear the sounds of traffic and all who are busy in their day. As I open my eyes flood my soul with the sight of your blessings and warm my heart in your grace that I may live within your beauty and shine with love for those around me. Amen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>To grow in faith and understanding of God, ourselves, and others it helps to evaluate ourselves, hold ourselves accountable, challenge ourselves. In your personal growth in faith and Christian action evaluate how you lived in love of God, others, and self today.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Loving grace and mercy I come before you as the night gathers and the crickets sing. The fall evenings bring cool breezes and warm blankets. I think of the day past. I consider my victories and my failures. I set all that I am completely before you. I pray you grant me courage to change and rest to rejuvenate. Lead me into sleep with peace and warmth. Forgiven to start anew on the morrow. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-48568368851099741502018-09-19T12:04:00.000-07:002018-09-19T12:04:20.856-07:00Sent or Went?<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Creator of day, light, love, and possibility, I gather all that I am to reach you, and know you, love you. Your beauty is always before me in the world around, and the word within. I am at times too small to understand, and often too big to listen. This day guide my spirit upheld in your Spirit to learn and grow to embrace my small moments as victorious. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">is a meditative/prayer practice that opens the heart and soul to connect with God through images</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Where do you want to stand in line?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 14pt;">Sent or Went<b> </b></span></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/niv/mark/9.htm">Mark 9:30-37</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"> When I was teaching pre-school we encouraged all the children to have jobs. We had to be creative in making up tasks so everyone could participate. We had jobs that ranged from announcing the weather to gathering up the leavings of lunchtime. The coveted job was always line-leader. Farther down the line, literally, was being the caboose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"> Why are we still defining our worth by where we stand in line? We all know that being a leader or caboose is important. The train doesn’t work the same without both. The engineer may control the speed, but the caboose operator collected the mail and was the eyes at the back of the train. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"> I am thinking followers in the pack all have the same view. Yup. The view of the leader at the top being sent to the back. Those who get too big for themselves, find themselves often humbled at the bottom. We love the stories of the big meanies being set straight by the underdog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"> In our scripture, Jesus is telling us that we should go to the back of the line to serve, and witness, and help. Choosing to go is an act of love and charity. The back of the line that willingly serves sets things straight, keeps things tidy and ready for the next group. It is different to go and serve as a proud caboose than be sent to the back of the line in shame. Ann<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>* Find your quiet center, empty your mind, and be present to hear the voice of God. Color, write in a journal, listen to music, use prayer beads to help your focus. Concentrate upon what God is calling you to understand, change, make, explore<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Consider what you can do to live out each virtue this week. How will you love God, neighbor, self more each day?<o:p></o:p></div>
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LOVE GOD, LOVE NEIGHBOR<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Being grateful and thankful is a way of living in appreciation to love and grace. Consider a blessing prayer in which you list all your blessed moments, encounters, gifts, relationships, food, home, love, mercy, forgiveness,... <o:p></o:p></div>
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The day stands before me as a blank canvas, an empty page, a ball of yarn, an expanse of time. Lead me in my living, my creating, my working, my serving. Guide me that all I paint upon the day, the words I share, the work of my hands, and all my hours that it is all of beauty, and love, helpfulness, and mercy. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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God of my moments, my breath, my heart, I rest in your Holy Spirit. I collect my thoughts and refocus my energies. Am I the love and beauty I pray to become? Send beyond this time of pausing to reengage with grace and in the love of Christ. That I will be the witness of your compassion in the world around. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>To grow in faith and understanding of God, ourselves, and others it helps to evaluate ourselves, hold ourselves accountable, challenge ourselves. In your personal growth in faith and Christian action evaluate how you lived in love of God, others, and self today.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Lord of all, I am humbled by this day and my place within it. I lay before you with every exhalation my disappointments, my losses, my regrets, my sorrows. Take from me all that clings and claws at my heart. Strengthen me, forgive me, lead me, love me. I seek you in my heart, and in my thoughts to live fully your Word and Grace. Bring me rest and dreams of softness and sweetness that I may arise in the morn refreshed and prepared to serve you with all that I am. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-45337645050696832122018-09-11T10:33:00.000-07:002018-09-11T10:33:01.528-07:00Becoming<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Lord of all creation and life, I arise this day and absorb the sight of your splendor and feel joy within my heart. I am amazed at the subtle changes that have grown to reveal the changing season. The coolness of the night, the dampness of ground, and colors that surround are all beautiful gifts of your grace. Open my heart to this beauty as I pray, meditate, and seek you in my morning. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>Becoming </b></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/niv/mark/8.htm">Mark 8: 27-38</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink">Who do you say that I am? How do we define ourselves and each other? What criteria do we use to decide who we and others are? We are all so multifaceted with many roles and different responsibilities. But, the central core of who we are remains solid and defining no matter what hat we find ourselves wearing. I have been playing with an idea of self-examination from the Funeral Home perspective, or “It’s A Wonderful Life” lense. We are not defined by others by the empty, fleeting things of life. We are known by our character and how we interact and treat other people. People do not concentrate on our cars, homes, hair, weight, or clothes when we are gone. It is how we treat others and how we make them feel and prosper that people embrace. In the book of Exodus God tells us his name is “I Am”. It means existing or becoming. As Christians we are always becoming- more loving, more grace-filled, more Christ-like. I am becoming love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Father of all breath, I fill my lungs with your life-giving breath and soul saturating Spirit. I breathe in the power of your love and exhale the needless waste of my thoughts and clinging concerns. I breathe in my trust and vows to you my God, and exhale all of my being that struggles against your grace. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord of the morning, I pray as this day begins in my love for you. I seek you and desire to know your presence and strength. Heal me of my worries and woes and set me on a path of light and beauty. Open my mind to understanding your Word and the Way for life. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 105%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">is a meditative/prayer practice that opens the heart and soul to connect with God through images</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Are you waiting for something?<o:p></o:p></div>
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What crumbs do you need from Jesus?<o:p></o:p></div>
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What does the Dog’s gaze bring to your thoughts?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>Dogs Under the Table </b></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/niv/mark/7.htm">Mark 7: 24-37</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">26The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.27“First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">28“Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”29Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”30She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1f3864;">Hey! Did Jesus just call that woman an unworthy dog? Yes, but a loved family pet. Jesus is not saying the Gentile people will not receive the blessing of grace. He is saying Israel will receive the blessing first. The real-world application here is fantastic. The dogs receive the dinner scraps when the meal is over. But we all know that our pups receive the crumbs and goodies given by children while the meal is being eaten. A dropped bit here, a Brussel sprout there. Jesus’ ministry will include his bread of life given primarily to the Hebrew people first. But like our woman, today and the Centurion Jesus will feed them morsels until the resurrection when it will be time for all the pups to eat at Christ’s banquet table. Ann</span></span><span style="color: #1f3864; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>* Find your quiet center, empty your mind, and be present to hear the voice of God. Color, write in a journal, listen to music, use prayer beads to help your focus. Concentrate upon what God is calling you to understand, change, make, explore<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Father take me into this day with boldness and joy. Lead me in my faith to share and serve those I encounter today. Protect me and challenge me as I seek to do your will and provide others with your love in how I live. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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I take this time to wait in your Holy Presence. Father calm my spirit and bring focus to my mind. Release me of the unnecessary burdens I carry today. Let me concentrate on those things that are life-bringing and encouraging in my life, work, relationships, and heart. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord the night approaches quickly as autumn hesitates in the heat of this week. The beans are bringing a yellow cast to the field. Father as the day dims I pray you cast upon me the light of grace and forgiveness. Set me into the night with peace and rest held within your love. Guide my dreams in beauty and grace and awaken my soul to the fullness of your glory and mercy. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord your mysteries surround me. I am in awe of your splendor, your grace, your love. I receive in my depths your gifts despite my worth, or desire. I wonder of this day ahead. The adventure it hold within its hours. I seek to awaken into grace, be healed, and rewritten. Inspire the writing of this day to be of beauty and strength. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Labor Day celebrates the American worker. On this Sabbath, we recognize the One who labored without hesitation. Christ did the work on behalf that we may be free to live in grace. This week contemplate your work and how you dedicate yourself to God in how you fulfill your responsibilities. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Is your work a reflection of your faith?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>Dedicated </b></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/niv/john/17.htm">John 17: 1-5</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="https://biblehub.com/john/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a>After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. <a href="https://biblehub.com/john/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a>For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. <a href="https://biblehub.com/john/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a>Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. <a href="https://biblehub.com/john/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a>I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. <a href="https://biblehub.com/john/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a>And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.<span style="font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1f3864; line-height: 105%;">In our minds and our society, we earn only that which we work for. It is the contract of our society. Grace is different. Grace, we receive because of the work Christ accomplished. Work of great pain and sacrifice. As we live in grace our work is in response to Christ’s work in the world and in us through the Spirit. We then live in praise. Offering all we do as love to God. It doesn’t matter what it is. It doesn’t matter how society views our labors. It matters only that we offer how we work as a response to Christ’s work for us. We do our best given each day and strive to improve. How we labor and interact in the work place is our witness to grace and love. We are dedicated to working for God in praise and thanksgiving to Christ whose work saves us. Amen<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i>* Find your quiet center, empty your mind, and be present to hear the voice of God. Color, write in a journal, listen to music, use prayer beads to help your focus. Concentrate upon what God is calling you to understand, change, make, explore<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Humility is understanding our need for God, grace, love, community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">It is the letting go of ego, and control and finding peace in acceptance and gratitude for the Love of God, Christ and Spirit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Father direct my hands, my words, my thoughts, my intentions. Let my work be a praise of you. Let my day be full of appreciation and worship of you, Christ, Spirit. Let grace abide through me. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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The setting of the light behind the earth brings the night alive. The creatures of the dark awaken to feed, and work. The land beyond awakens into their day to feed, and work. Your cycle Lord of light and darkness, life and death continues. I seek to be alive in grace and grieve all that I have done. I seek death for my failures and cruelties. My priorities and perspectives. I seek life in the light of your love and rest in the velvet shadow of night. I praise you with the breath of dreams and sleep. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rising sun and warming air bring energy and light to this day of creation. Father of all I pray to you in my simplicity. Heal all my pain in mind, body and spirit. I seek your teaching That I may grow in greater love to you, neighbor, and self. I pray this knowledge so that I act to secure justice and peace for your people. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">It is the letting go of ego, and control and finding peace in acceptance and gratitude for the Love of God, Christ and Spirit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God, send me to do your will in all I say and do. Encourage my sight and understanding to see others in your compassion and mercy. Impart the words I need to share your love. Bless me in my day to be the aroma of grace. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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I rest in the thought of my love, the God of life, grace, and redemption. I relax in the peace of my knowing within his joy and liberation. I pause to remember my path in love and correct my day so that I may live in constant praise to the Lord of All. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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The light recedes, and the crickets take up their praise to you. I too take this time to praise you for all this day contained. I praise you for life, love, grace, your presence, your power, and your generosity. I praise your forgiveness and seek to grow in my forgiveness and love through your Word and Spirit. Guide my dreams and bring only beauty and peace as my dust and spirit rest. In the vulnerability of sleep, I leave myself in your grace so that in the rising sun of tomorrow’s beginnings I may grow in my love for you and others. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-43827903639946408092018-08-16T12:44:00.002-07:002018-08-16T12:44:31.174-07:00Listen to the Smell<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Morning haze and rainy drips slow my awareness of the day ahead. I seek my Lord to remain in sleep and warmth beneath the blankets. Inspire my awakening into your Spirit and Word to learn and be challenged to your direction and sculpting. I seek in my love for you to please you in this day as I live in your grace. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>“Listen do you smell something?” </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: no;">Ephesians 4:25-5:2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1f3864;"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink">I love this quote from the movie Ghostbusters. But I ask you, do you smell something? In Ephesians, we are in our worship, commitment, kindness, and love an aroma to God. The burning of sacrificial meat upon the altar is a pleasing aroma to God. This leads me to believe our living sacrifices while not literally flayed upon a hibachi have an odor or are perceived by God as aromas and stenches. Imagine the slanderous and bitter words expelled from our mouths with the reek of waste. We certainly would know and those around us as well the destructiveness of our speech. We can’t always smell ourselves. We may need others to tell us that we need to bathe and get right with God. Our hearts have become foul and we need to brush our teeth in the Word of God. What is telling in this scripture is that our aim is to please God. It isn’t what we want to smell like. It isn’t about being pleasing to those around us. We are called instead to be a fragrance pleasing to God. So, dab Christ on your wrist and a little Jesus after you shave. Serve in love and kindness and be the aroma of love that covers the world in God’s grace. Listen to God and do what is right to smell like something beautiful. </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1f3864;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Gratitude is an appreciation of all that we are and have in our lives. It is being thankful for the sustaining abundance given by God, and the unseen grace given in the Spirit. It is a recognition of all that God is, does, and provides. How will you approach an attitude of thankfulness?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Father of promise, of possibilities, of glory, I gather myself to enter your presence of peace and Spirit. Guide my understandings, my actions, my devotions to center away from myself and upon you. You are my light, my breath, my soul drenched in your grace. I seek to blossom in your Word and love. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1f3864;">We provide lunch for the children as the school prepares for the start of classes and deep clean the cafeteria. We have been singing the song “Hymn of Promise” by Natalie Sleeth. It is a song of transformation and resurrection found through grace and Jesus Christ. With my mind on things childlike, I thought of our ideas of promises. Christ says we don’t believe because of the signs, but because he feeds us. Are our understandings of God still like this? Do we continue to make childish commitments to God in order to get what we want? Or have we grown in love to be those who in our love for God choose to provide what others need? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Father of life, my life guide my thoughts, actions, words. Lead me in grace to share your love. To accept all that comes in this day with hope, patience, and understanding. Strengthen me when I feel weak, encourage me through any fears or hesitancy. Lord let me know your presence and Spirit is always upon me that I may show others the path to your grace. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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I pause in the busyness of this day, I wait in my tiredness, I ponder the day. I think of you Lord. I remember the day’s beginning. I center again on your purpose for me today. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Morning light and chirping bird, sweetness of breath and waking mind all surround me as I come into your presence. Lord of this day and all it contains, of winsome moments, challenges, and grace lead me in your love. Guide me in leaving behind all the needless, nonsense, negative, and stumbling concerns. Fill me with all that is sweet and powerful that comes from your Spirit, Word, and life. Lead me to understand and grow that I may be more fully me in you. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>Then There Was the Wind </b></span><a href="http://biblehub.com/niv/john/6.htm"><b>John 6:16-21</b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink">. I remember camping at Potato Creek State Campground when the kids were little. We rented canoes and were having fun. Then the wind changed, and I found myself with two children struggling to steer and paddle the canoe. I panicked. Ron was yelling directions that were just confusing and making me panic more. Eventually Ron made it to us and we paddled to the dock together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-55489858908904154062018-07-23T09:23:00.003-07:002018-07-23T09:23:55.659-07:00Ghoulies and Ghosties<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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My Lord of the wakening soul. Bring light to my heavy Spirit, Show me the light of my salvation. Awaken me to your joy. As the sun rises and brings heat to the day bring the warmth of your presence upon my heart. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>Ghoulies and Ghosties</b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></span><a href="http://biblehub.com/niv/mark/6.htm"><b><span style="color: #1f3864; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mark 6: 14-</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: #1f3864; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">29<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="line-height: 105%;">From ghoulies and ghosties<br />And long-leggedy beasties<br />And things that go bump in the night,<br />Good Lord, deliver us!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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This Old Scottish prayer reminds us of the fears and superstitions that can inhabit our imaginations. Evidenced in our scripture is the torture of the mind that the marriage of guilt and superstition can create. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Herod operating in fear of position and respect beheaded John the Baptist. It seems that grace that was blooming within Him to know The God of Love was rejected by fear and superstition. Believing Jesus to be empowered by the Ghost of John he was tormented by his actions. If only Herod knew that God’s love, Christ’s love, casts out all fear. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We too become worried and anxious at times. Consider the consequences of turning from grace. What can you be freed from when embracing God’s love and Spirit. All the things that go bump in the night.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Solario, Andrea. <em>Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist</em>, 1506. Oil on wood. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">What is God through the Holy Spirit revealing to you in this image?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Consider what you can do to live out each virtue this week. How will you love God, neighbor, self more each day?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Love of neighbor is an interest in others. It is a call to think and serve the needs and interests of other people before your self. What can you do this week to love your neighbor? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God of my mind and heart, seal my focus and actions upon your will, your power, and your love for the world. Wash me in your grace to become confident and bold in my love for you and others. Challenge me to grow today in action and wisdom. Amen <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Set a reminder to pray throughout the day. Embrace the breath of prayer, release your burdens, be thankful. Recall today’s readings, the Visio Divina and meditate upon them and how they are affecting your day <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Holy Spirit I breath deeply to know within me your presence and God’s grace. Guide me through this day with love and compassion. Search me and know me, lead me and challenge me to live and serve in love. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>To grow in faith and understanding of God, ourselves, and others it helps to evaluate ourselves, hold ourselves accountable, challenge ourselves. In your personal growth in faith and Christian action evaluate how you lived in love of God, others, and self today.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Ann Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18111601418180523645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953299825913293400.post-59941675881188451242018-07-23T09:12:00.003-07:002018-07-23T09:12:44.568-07:00Like Sheep Without a Shepherd<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Father of soul, of body, of peace, of compassion. You bring me into this new day as vulnerable and weak as every day begins. It is your grace that brings perspective and strength. It is your son that brings comfort and trust. As I center to hear your voice in prayer, I thank you, I yearn for you, I delight in your word, and ache for your guidance. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>My Favorite Teacher, Mrs. Grady</b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></span><a href="http://biblehub.com/niv/mark/6.htm"><b><span style="color: #1f3864; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mark 6: </span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: #1f3864; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">30-34, 53-56<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink">My third -grade teacher Mrs. Grady resides in my memory as Miss Honey in Roald Dahl’s </span><span class="MsoHyperlink">Matilda</span><span class="MsoHyperlink">. She would read to us as the dust motes danced in the warm sunshine flooding in the doorway and windows. She was a gentle, encouraging teacher, young and pretty. I felt safe in her classroom. She cared for us her flock of eager sheep. Jesus proclaims the people were like sheep without a shepherd. We are often told how mindless sheep can be. Being compared to a simple grazing wool factory is off-putting. But perhaps it isn’t that sheep are incapable of learning, that it’s the failure of the Shepherd to train them. In her article posted in </span><span class="MsoHyperlink">Grit Rural American Know-how </span><span class="MsoHyperlink">Sarah Schartz speaks about sheep. “</span>I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s about the attitude of the shepherd, not the sheep”. If we as Christ’s sheep are not capable of learning why did Christ spend so much time and energy teaching? Sarah is right when she speaks about the attitude of shepherds, leadership, teachers and guides. It is about the love, compassion, and interest of the Shepherd. The religious leaders were not watching, teaching, feeding, loving their flock. We are truly blessed to have the best teacher, Christ as our Shepherd.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord, your love and mercy lead me. Your Son and Spirit join me in living this day in grace and compassion. Teach me. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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I open my heart to your presence Lord. I check myself and discern my attitude. I rest in your knowing of me, my trust in you. Refresh my and lead me forth with energy and love. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Morning light and dawning day, I reach out my soul to our creator. I open my inner spaces to the love of God and the power of faith to trust in and be consumed by His grace. Lord, bring to me awareness, discernment, and direction as I pray. Heal me, inspire me, challenge me in life. That I may be transformed into love and action. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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you feel a little queezy, and your heart beats faster, and doubt sweeps over every inch of your body. Judgment. All I am and what others think of me and my abilities are wrapped up in this moment. That is if we rely solely upon ourselves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The last three weeks have been exploring our trust in God. Our faith is a gift that aligns us to believe in all God can do.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord and father of all that I am, guide me in this day. Uphold me my defeats, love me through my doubts, encourage me in my sorrows. Celebrate with me the victories of this day. Challenge me to compassion, service, and to focus on other’s that I may grow in grace and love. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Being part of a crowd can be energizing with the joy of others joining in celebration. A dynamic speaker can erupt motivation and cooperation for a crowd to tackle injustices. Music can inspire an audience to share emotionally the meaning and heart of a song. Being part of a crowd can be freeing in its anonymity. Being part of a crowd can also be damaging, restrictive, and negatively pervasive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tune into your parent’s voice of following all the kids off the cliff, or their warnings that you are heading for trouble. Our scripture describes a crowd following Jesus unaware of their need to reach out to him, to have faith and be healed. They are unaware of the cliff before them or their need to change. There is a woman desperate to live beyond the crowd’s judgment, its ostracism, and cruelty. Her desire to belong and be healed propels her courage to touch Jesus. She is healed and cleansed. She can choose to belong to the crowd. But will she?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">As you look at this image contemplate how the scripture speaks to you. </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk517263660"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 11pt;">Mark 5:21-43 </span></span></a></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> * Find your quiet center, empty your mind, and be present to hear the voice of God. Color, write in a journal, listen to music, use prayer beads to help your focus. Concentrate upon what God is calling you to understand, change, make, explore</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> Consider what you can do to live out each virtue this week. How can you love your neighbor? How will you deny yourself? How will you be thankful?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> love of neighbor -Monday<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> humility -Tuesday<br clear="all" /> self-denial -Wednesday and Friday<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Father of mercy and compassion your Spirit enfolds me and brings me comfort. Send me forth in your guiding light and in joy of my salvation. Bring to my </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">eyes the beauty of your blessings and love. Set me upon the path of selfless love and growth in faith to your power. Sift the waste from my being that I may behold the jewels of this day. Amen</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Father of peace find my heart. I set myself in prayer to your voice and power. Reset my path to walk in love and turn from those frustrations and pressures that lead me from your grace. Bring to my heart the jewels I have already experienced today and hold their wonder and beauty in my soul. Reveal the power of grace and love to overcome the negatives and fears of human life. Amen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">God of glory and mercy, your presence surrounds me in love and compassion. Forgive my moments of selfishness and ugliness. I desperately desire to grow in your grace to be a person focused only upon your power and your people. Bring me the sleep of restoration that empowers my soul to live courageously in the new day. Amen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My brother George tried to teach my children that the “magic” word was “Now” not “Please”. Certainly not a lesson in polite discourse but an honest sense of a child’s perception of their wants. We can all be impatient at times. And to be honest too much of the time. We forget that our wants are not the only ones that are important. And again, to be honest they are probably not that important anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our New Testament Scriptures have this pressing Nowness. We seem to be behind, too late, past due. Why this urgency? Because this is a need about life and death, our salvation. This decision is one of faith. The life saved is our soul and our choices that reveal God’s kingdom for us now and eternally. The faith is from God and part of our urgent call is to humility. We do not control the storms. God controls the storms. Our faith is in his power and promise to do so. God’s grace is not a gift of please, but of now. It is a gift of faith that defines our life, our soul, our sight, actions, and our eternity. The magic word is “now”. Accept Jesus Now-please your life depends on it. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you look at this image contemplate how the scripture speaks to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Like Payton and Liam, we don’t want to be destroyed in the hot lava. We tend to stay away from dangerous and death taunting situations. But the reality of our Christianity is that fire, and re-creation is an essential understanding of God’s grace. The Holy Spirit melts the rocks of our soul with the refiner’s fire. Our magma goes on to settle and cool into the reflective shine of lava rock. God is active in re-creating us into his image of love and beauty. We are a new creation every time the hardness of our hearts is melted away and we move closer to being the compassion of Christ in the World. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://oneyearbibleonline.com/june-chrono/?version=51&startmmdd=0101"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Chronological Bible</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i> * Find your quiet center, empty your mind, and be present to hear the voice of God. Color, write in a journal, listen to music, use prayer beads to help your focus. Concentrate upon what God is calling you to understand, change, make, explore…</i></div>
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Lord, how has this time come so quickly? Guide me into this day and all it holds for me. Inspire my heart to see all the beauty and unexpected blessings that it contains. And change my perspective and views to be those full of your grace and the love of Christ. <b>Amen<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lord, you are the director of life. The circle of light and darkness, sound and silence, anxiety, and calm. The crickets and frogs disturb the velvet pall of evening. The fireflies spark calls of light within the evening silence. Forgive my moments of disruption. Call me to be of light and joy. Lead me away from the fearful darkness of sorrow and struggles. Instead, bring me into your presence of mercy and peace. Create for me dreams of love and beauty. Re-create me into the new day as your child full of light. Amen</div>
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Father of beginnings, of new starts, of this awakening day, I come before you in prayer and thanksgiving. I open myself to your Word, your will, your way. Guide me in your grace to learn, to grow, to share, to become love. Amen<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We all have the ability to compartmentalize our thoughts, actions, or opinions depending upon the context we are in. This all works well because we as people are many layered. That is until we hit a conflict, do something, or stray away from whom we really are. Then we are in jeopardy with a moral or internal schism that can tear us apart.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Consider what you can do to live out each virtue this week. </i><div>
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Provider of breath, bread, body, I boldly enter your presence. I separate myself from the demands of work, and family and embrace this experience of your peace. Infuse me and enfold me with your grace that strengthens and comforts my soul. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Consider what you can do to live out each virtue this week. How can you love your neighbor? How will you deny yourself? How will you be thankful?<br />
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We don’t like suffering. It is awful to watch the crimes and deplorable actions of man against man. It is heart wrenching to see the damage of nature in its destruction and famine. Pain, illness, poverty, are horrible physically, mentally, emotionally. Is this our gospel to suffer so as to be glorified?<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Greek word to suffer means to feel heavy, emotional passion<sup>1</sup>. This means that we are not talking about suffering but seeing with heartache the suffering around us. Christ came to end suffering. We are not called to experience horrors, but to remedy suffering by being Christ in the world. This becomes clearer when we examine the Greek to be glorified. The meaning here is to be closely identified with the Lord<sup>2</sup>. Our actions then represent our faith and Christian love.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, we are to suffer as we are overwhelmed with love and compassion and work in love to eradicate the ills of the world. We know we have it right when others witness our love of God in how we live. Let’s suffer together so as to be glorified. Ann<o:p></o:p></div>
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Father of life and love lead me in my, day, my thoughts, my attitudes. Direct my day to see beauty, inspiration, opportunity. Inspire my courage and boldness to be one who works for your world of peace and harmony. Challenge me to suffer. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord, the summer evenings are clinging in time. The darkness waits longer and longer to take hold of my world. I am refreshed by the breezes, the sweet aroma of blooms, and grass. I give to you the clippings I have strewn across my day that turn brown and spoil the goodness beneath. Forgive me Lord and lead my heart to greater love. As the day wanes into the gray of summer eve let my inner harshness fade away. Bring to me the joy of life in your grace and dreams of heavenly peace. Amen<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God, you are the power of my heart and soul. I seek your grace as I enter this time of prayer and contemplation. Awaken my inner heart to your love and transform me in your grace. I seek to live in thankfulness and praise to Christ in all that I do, am, say. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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How many times have we heard the faith is not relevant to scientific discovery? We know as people of faith that science reveals the power of God. Did you know thousands of years ago man was using electricity? The Romans used electric eels to “zap” away headaches and other ailments. In the late 1700’s experiments with electricity were gaining notoriety and useful applications. In 1800 Benjamin Franklin discovered the connection between lightning and electricity and Alessandro Volta created the electric battery. In 1817. Mary Shelley wrote her book <u>Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus.<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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love of God- Sunday <o:p></o:p></div>
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love of neighbor -Monday <o:p></o:p></div>
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humility -Tuesday <o:p></o:p></div>
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self-denial -Wednesday and Friday <o:p></o:p></div>
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resignation and meekness - Thursday <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> * Find your quiet center, empty your mind, and be present to hear the voice of God. Color, write in a journal, listen to music, use prayer beads to help your focus. Concentrate upon what God is calling you to understand, change, make, explore…...<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk487709938"><o:p></o:p></a></span></i></div>
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Lord take my hand and lead my life. Give me courage, and bold love to live and forgive as you have done for me. Challenge me and affirm me as I live in response to Christ and in your powerful Spirit. I am yours Lord, use me to bring peace and grace to others. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Set a reminder to pray throughout the day. Embrace the breath of prayer, release your burdens, be thankful. Recall today’s readings, the Visio Divina and meditate<o:p></o:p><br />
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Father of balance and rest, I pause to praise you, re-engage with you,<o:p></o:p></div>
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experience your peace, love, and comfort. Silence my worries, my anxieties, and my mind. Guide me to see and embrace only those elements of my day, and life that are life-bringing and positive. Restore me, energize me, lead me in your Spirit. Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Did I in some way put God and others before myself in how I lived today?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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